Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' Nightmare: 236 Crashes and 4 Deaths in One Month
Oh boy, Tesla really outdid itself this July. With a record-breaking 236 crashes linked to their driver-assist systems—including four fatal ones—the 'Full Self-Driving' dream looks more like a marketing hallucination fueled by a massive corporate ego.
July was a banner month for Tesla, but not the kind that ends up in an investor slideshow. The company reported 236 incidents to the NHTSA where their driver-assist systems were active, marking a grim new peak in a year-long climb. In four of these cases, the outcomes were fatal. Despite the system being confirmed as 'Verified Engaged' by Tesla's own telemetry, the company conveniently redacted descriptions, software versions, and location data in their reports to regulators.
In one tragic instance, a Tesla Model 3 attempting an unassisted left turn collided with a Harley-Davidson, resulting in three deaths. That maneuver is a classic FSD headache—trying to navigate uncontrolled intersections without a human chaperone. Other reports include a Model S smashing into a utility pole and a Model Y careening into a Cadillac, leaving the company to claim that releasing the actual incident footage would cause them 'financial harm'.
While GM manages to keep its Super Cruise data somewhat transparent, Tesla prefers to treat its software logs like state secrets. Owners, meanwhile, are busy posting viral clips of themselves napping or working on laptops while their cars allegedly 'drive themselves', apparently unbothered by the fact that they are essentially beta-testing life-or-death software for a company that treats them like unpaid crash-test dummies.
Source: Electrek
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